Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #37
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On Topic: Technology Issues |
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Back to the Future: Considering New Voting Systems |
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With paper trail legislation on the calendar for consideration in Congress this week, voting system issues remain in the spotlight. The EAC has released a draft of new voting machine guidelines, while the Election Reform Project's Tim Ryan has weighed in on the importance of considering new technologies when developing policy in the field.
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| Early Voting: Not Just the Primary Calendar |
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The front-loaded presidential primary calendar isn't the only "early voting" issue that remains in focus for members of the election reform community. Researchers at the Early Voting Information Center have authored two new papers on convenience voting; one examines its effects on turnout, while the other explores the factors that determine whether or not an individual will vote early.
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| Can Complaints Prompt Change? |
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A new report on the 2006 election from the University of Pennsylvania may prove useful as states prepare for this November's elections, as well as next year's presidential primaries. The highlights of the analysis, which relies on data from a national hotline, include a dramatic increase in the number of voting machine complaints since 2004 and that difficulties with registration remain a major issue for voters.
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Check here for information on future election reform events. |
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» Events |
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About The Election
Reform Project |
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The AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project aims to synthesize election-related research, link the research and policy communities, track and assist the implemen-
tation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and encourage improvements in HAVA and in election conduct and administration. |
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The Election Reform Newsletter is a periodic e-mail publication from
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project http://www.electionreformproject.org
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20036 |
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
On Friday, September 22, 2006, the Election Reform Project hosted a conference entitled "The 2006 Elections--Are We Ready?" After a keynote address by Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.), panelists discussed the progress that has been made since the election debacle of 2000 and the hurdles that remain.
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Traci Burch, The Sentencing Project
This report examines the impact of criminal convictions on voter registration and turnout, using North Carolina as a case study.
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Division of Public Interest Advocacy, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate
This report catalogues progress that has been made in New Jersey on compliance with legal requirements for voting accessibility, but also highlights various continued issues in terms of inaccessible polling places.
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University of Alaska, Anchorage
The second of two reports, this analysis lays out a set of recommendations for improving Alaska's election system, both in terms of technology and procedures.
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Jonah Berger, Marc Meredith, and S. Christian Wheeler, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Using data from the 2000 election in Arizona and from a field experiment, a new study by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business finds that the type of polling place can have an effect on voting decisions.
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University of Maryland
As part of its broader research focus on elections, campaign ethics, campaign finance, and the legislative process, the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland is engaged in research projects on voting technology and ballot design specifically.
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Part of the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Election Administration Research Center (EARC) aims to improve the administration of elections.
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This project aims to evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems; to establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems; and to propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems
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Reed College
Directed by early voting scholar Paul Gronke and housed at Reed College, the Early Voting Information Center provides news and research on and a state-by-state overview of early voting issues.
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Electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.
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